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Watercolor Lifting + Giveaway

Hello! A couple weeks back, I shared a video showing a fun Distress Ink lifting technique. Many of you tried this technique and loved it, so I thought I would come back and share a variation. This one involves watercolor lifting and heat embossing. Oh – and this post is part of a very special celebration…

[All supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post. Affiliate links used. To watch the video in HD on YouTube, click HERE.]

To keep the focus on the watercolor pieces, I kept the rest of the card elements white. I layered several white Paper Smooches Bird House die cuts on top of each other to create dimensional embellishments and used floss to “hang” them from the top of my card.

Adding dimension to the die cuts really helps to make them pop. Makes a huge difference!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO PAPER SMOOCHES!

Paper Smooches is celebrating 5 years of sharing stamps with us! Kim (the owner of Paper Smooches) is one of my favorite people in the industry. She is kind, big-hearted, supportive, understanding, and talented. I love that she has a “Paper Smooches style” and sticks with it. Her images always make me smile. As does she.

To celebrate 5 years, Paper Smooches is having a small blog hop with big prizes.

GIVEAWAY

I am giving away a $50 gift certificate to the Paper Smooches online store. Sweet, huh? For your chance, leave a comment below by 11:59pmEST on 2/24/16. (The winner’s name will be randomly selected, emailed and posted on my “Winners page” after the giveaway closes. International folks are eligible, too!)

SUPPLIES

Interested in the products I used? To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate and product disclosure can be found here. All products were personally purchased except those with an asterisk.) Click on the letters below each picture to go to a favorite store: Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Ellen Hutson (EH), Paper Smooches (PS), etc.

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I am a first time visitor on your blog. I actually found this post on Pinterest and I will be following you from now on. 🙂 I love this technique and I can’t wait to try it. When I saw the birdhouses I immediately thought of my mother in law, who enjoys watching birds outside her window.